Valve remover



' E. L. WEIL.

VALVE REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 12, 1921.

Patented. Aug. 22, 19227.

/ VALVE REMOVEB.

Application filed March 12, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. WEIL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Kearny, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valve Removers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved valve remover which is adapted to be placed transversely on a valve and on the valve stem to remove the valve and also to replace it, and being adapted to be compressed. so as to compress the spring of the valve and permit the removal of the pin or other securing means commonly employed for holding the spring under tension when the valve raises. The device is very compact and can be easily carried in the tool box 01 an automobile and is easily operated.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a. side view, partly in section, showing the device when applied to a valve to compress the spring of the valve, and Figure 2 is a side view. broken away at the top, showing' the remover compressed so as to compress the spring and raise the spring and its washer from the pin in the valve stem. Figure 3 is a "Face view of the device shown. in Figure 1. Figure 4- is a top view, and Figure 5 is a section taken on line 5-5 in Figure 1.

The device consists of two members that are slidably arranged, these members being L-shaped, one of the members 10 having the end 11 at right angles thereto, and the other member 12 having its end 13 arranged at right angles thereto, so that the two ends are opposed and are adapted to be placed laterally or transversely on a valve and on its stem, the end 13 being constructed so that it can be seated on the top of the valve which has a crown or curved surface, one form being by n'oviding the end 13 with a hole 1 1, and the end 11. can be placed transversely on the valve stem because it has a forked end, the arms 15 of this forked end being tapered at their ends, shown at 16 in Figure 1, and also rounded outwardly, as shown at 17 in Figure 5.

This permits the device to be placed transversely on the valve, since the ends 01 the arms 15 can be easily placed between the pin 18 on the valve stem 19 and the washer Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1922.

Serial No. 451,896.

22, which are screwed through the slots 23 of the member 10 and into the back of the member 12, the heads 2 1 of the studs 22 being comparatively large so as to hold the members secure, the members being preferably made substantially wide and fiat, so that they are in alignment.

A lever 25 swings on one of the members, in the drawing this being the member 12, being connected thereto by pivotal screws 26, the lever having the flat portion or handle end 27 which is recessed to form the two side arms or cheeks 28, through which the screws 26 pass. The cheek-pieces 28 are widened. so that the screw 26 is out of alignment with the handle portion 27, as will be seen from Figures 1 and 2.

A link 29 on each side of the device is pivotally secured to the member 10 by the screws 30, and to the outer end of the handle by the screws 31.

It will thus be seen that when the handle ispressed down from the position shown in Figure 1 until it assumes the position shown in Figure 2, it squeezes the ends of the holder inward so as to compress the spring 21 and. the pin 18 can be easily removed, the

members being held in this closed position by reason of the links 29 passing the pivotal screws 26, so that the pressure of the spring 21 now has a tendency, through the member 10 and the links 29, to hold the handle in its closed position, and it must be forcibly swung outward until the links 29 again pass the axes of the screws 26 before the members can be slid so that their ends are moved further apart.

When a pin 18 is to be replaced the device is placed on the valve and against the washer 20, then moved to its closed position, as shown'in Figure 2, and the pin 18 put in place, the handle 27 released and then the device can be pulled transversely from the valve and its stem.

1 claim:

A. valve remover comprising two L-shaped members slidably connected and with their ends opposed, a lever swinging on one member, and a link hinged to the other member and to the lever, so that the link crosses the pivot of the lever when the handle is swung to pull the members inwardly.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 11th day of March, 1921.

EDWARD L. W EIL. 

